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What are physical features of the great rift valley?
soda lakes and extinct volcanoes
Why are there many volcanoes?
Every time two of earth's tectonic plates meet you are apt to get volcanoes as a result of subduction. They also occur along plate spreading-rifts such as the Mid-Atlantic Rift and the Great Rift Valley in Africa.
What are the characteristics of a rift valley?
Igneous. Crustal material is added in rift valleys by the addition of magma.
What is happening at the great rift valley?
A rift valley is an area where two tectonic plates are moving apart from each other. The greatest example of this is the African Rift Valley. In any such valley there will be multiple volcanoes, and frequent earthquakes.
How many people visit the great rift valley?
about 2 million people visit the Great Rift Valley every year.
What is the difference between a rift valley and the Great rift valley?
The Great Rift Valley is one particular rift valley located in Africa. There are other rift valleys located in other parts of the world.
How do volcanoes in the great rift valley benefit the people who live there?
The fertile volcanic soil is good for growing crops.
Why is the great rift valley split?
The Great Rift Valley was split because of an earthquake.
What type of fault is the great rift valley?
The Great Rift Valley is a divergent fault.
How is the Great Rift valley unique?
the great rift valley is unique because is the longest rift in the world. The great rift valley was maded by plates in the Earth crust. I hope that this really helps!
What type of landform forms when plates pull apart?
it makes a rift in the earth's crust. usually volcanoes are involved in this process. it's how the great rift valley was formed
What is the great valley that's extends with several breaks from Syria to Central Mozambique?
The great Rift Valley
